When it’s nice, do it twice… but what about three times—then wind up the same place you began, more in love than you ever thought you could be? Paul and Denise Weston never in a million years dreamed they’d wind up together again when they split up 33 years ago—and their story is one of the most interesting ones we’ve come across in quite some time!

“I feel like a pop star,” Paul says jokingly when he’s handed the microphone and that sets the tone for the interview that turns out to be both emotional and fun.

The two met for the first time at the of Denise’s older sister. Paul remembers playing kiss catch with Denise and the other kids, and says she let him catch her. They started going out a couple years later and got married in 1974 when she was just 16 and he 17! Needless to say, parents on both sides felt they were too young, but they could do nothing to stop in Paul’s words, the “arrogant youth” who felt they were grown enough to make their own decisions.

“We went ahead,” he says. “We weren’t grown up enough. We just felt it was right at the time. We felt grown up, obviously we weren’t and we felt that it was. It was both of our first serious relationship.”

We got our parents’ permission, but they weren’t happy about it,” Denise added. “They said we were too young… and they were right.”

The couple later had two children, both boys, but wounded up splitting up in 1978, when Paul was 21 and Denise 20. The circumstances of their split led to each of them taking one child along and going their separate way.

We kept in contact because of the children, but we hadn’t seen each other for 33 years,” Paul says. “The children were separated. I had Andrew and she had Vincent, which they don’t normally do but did because of the way it was when we separated.”

Paul and Denise both remarried, but it would not last for either of the two. After 28 years of being married to his second wife, Paul went to Scotland to take care of his retired father who’d fallen ill. He remained there for three years and says it was at that point that his wife of 28 years went off with someone else!

By that time, Denise’s relationship had also fizzled, and it was their son Vincent who wound up playing matchmaker.

“Dad, Mom’s on her own, you’re on your own, why don’t you see if mom will go out to dinner?” he’d told his father. Paul contemplated, then texted his ex-wife whose response was along the lines of: “I’ve had a lot of hatred for you for a lot of years… I don’t know how it will be when we meet up or how we’ll be.”

“We met up and I still haven’t thumped you,” Denise said, driving them both to laughter as they went about their tale.

“It was very emotional, very tearful when we met up,” she said.

“Taking Denise to see Andrew our other son, and we have a granddaughter who Denise had no contact with, it’s been so beautiful,” Paul added. “Very emotional.”

After they’d had their first coffee date, Paul went back to Scotland, and says they kept texting each other. Soon after, his father passed away. He sold the house in Scotland, and invited Denise over and “went from there.”

“I proposed to her all over again,’ says Paul. “I did it the proper way—on one knee!”

Are you convinced yet that true love can survive anything? Denise and Paul sure are!

“It really does seem like it was meant to be. It’s so lovely now because we’ve got our children, “ he said. “We’ve got two granddaughters, and its nice to hand grandma and grand daddy together again!”

What did Paul love most about his wife?

“She’s a very tolerant person, very forgiving that’s probably one of her best qualities,” he said. “The sad thing is, sometimes people walk over her and I’ve seen it so much, especially since I’ve been back with her.

Taking a few seconds to gather her thoughts, Denise told what she loved about her husband Paul.

“What do I love about him?” she said aloud, promptly bursting into laughter. “You make me laugh, you make me happy,” she said finally adding: “And you do a mean dance in the shower!”

“Don’t go there! Too much information,” he laughed.

The setting for their September Wedding Photography  at the Almond Morgan Bay Resort was straight out of a tropical fairytale; bumblebees buzzing harmlessly among the flowers, butterflies floating about, the sun complimenting the scene and the Caribbean Sea in the backdrop. If that’s not a good sign for things to come for the couple then we don’t know what is!

“I had an uncle I was very close to who came to St Lucia to get married,” Paul says of his destination Wedding Photography choice. “I’ve seen the pictures and thought they were very beautiful. When I suggested it to Denise, she liked the idea so we did. It’s out first time to the Caribbean and we think it’s beautiful!”

Although Denise and Paul both feel as though they missed out on each other over the years, and on their children growing up, they’ve already started catching up. At the line “you may kiss the bride,” the couple exchanges a short smooch, and then Denise adds another, longer this time as if for good measure.

“This is it,” Paul says. “This is the last time! We’ll be back next year for the anniversary.”